Eventually, Hall is going to be a center. It just makes too much sense. 6'1, 210 pounds (eventually), skates like the wind, works his ass off, engages physically, always pushes the play in the right direction, heavy shot, great vision, great puck skills.

How is that not an all-star center?

____-RNH-Eberle

____-Hall-Yakupov

Paajarvi-Gordon-_____

Smyth-Lander-Brown

Smid-Petry

____-Ference

Schultz-Schultz

Dubnyk

______ (we're not really going to go with LaBarbera are we??)

The way I see it, we're two solid top-six scoring left wingers (with size); a big, snarly third-line right-winger; a solid, tough-minutes top four D (Coburn?); and a 1A goalie away from the playoffs!

Eventually, Hall is going to be a center. It just makes too much sense. 6'1, 210 pounds (eventually), skates like the wind, works his ass off, engages physically, always pushes the play in the right direction, heavy shot, great vision, great puck skills.

How is that not an all-star center?

____-RNH-Eberle

____-Hall-Yakupov

Paajarvi-Gordon-_____

Smyth-Lander-Brown

Smid-Petry

____-Ference

Schultz-Schultz

Dubnyk

______ (we're not really going to go with LaBarbera are we??)

The way I see it, we're two solid top-six scoring left wingers (with size); a big, snarly third-line right-winger; a solid, tough-minutes top four D (Coburn?); and a 1A goalie away from the playoffs!

the way i see it the ufa players make a difference but arent the final factor in making the playoffs..dont really matter... the ball is in the kids court now.. nobody we bring in is going to change that. were a decent coaching/development system away from making the playoffs..

the way i see it the ufa players make a difference but arent the final factor in making the playoffs..dont really matter... the ball is in the kids court now.. nobody we bring in is going to change that. were a decent coaching/development system away from making the playoffs..

Bingo.

Tough to watch Ottawa grab Bobby Ryan without really giving up anything crucial to their current roster.

Its a huge fail by this organization that Hamilton, Pitlick, etc aren't at least close to as valuable as Silverfberg and Noesen.

Second-round drafting and developing is absolutely hamstringing this team.

well i think that having renney had a lot to do with that.. lol i know everytime he talked, he went on for hours, and sounded like a physics teacher giving a lecture with a pocket protector.. i had the fire poker inching slowly towards my eardrums

i think maybe the scouts were guitly in the past of drafting players with certain skill sets, talents and potential rather then on hard work, drive and determination

Cap space (assuming Gagner signs for 4.5, Lander's near 1 million buried in the minors) - 5.3 million (!)

Just added Samwise into the plans. That's... That's a winning lineup, if I say so myself. The defence is unspectacular but solid, the goaltending's decent, Chris Stewart adds size, Colin Greening adds jam, the fourth line doesn't feature Ryan Smyth...

Heck, if we traded Hemsky for Zack Smith, slot him in at Colin Greening's spot and you're still doing pretty darn well.

Anyone think Paajarvi + could be on the move for Stewart from St. Louis?

I think if Stewart/Oshie/Perron or whatever is being targeted from St. Louis, they'd probably ask for Paajarvi as a part of the package. For the most part he seems like the type of player who'd do well under Hitch.

IMO couple moves like sign Penner, jagr ( if hemsky is traded ) and possibly but highly doubt it get grabovski, and our FA signings are done.

Top 6 is good just needs big body LW , which could be paajarvi, and top 4 d are solid all capable of playing 20 mins a night. Still need a #1 or 2 but that's going to be hard to get. I have faith in dubnyk to be the #1G as well. A lot of our results next season are going to come from player improvement and new coaching system.